🚀 go-pugleaf

Richard Ling (richard@research.canon.com.au) wrote:
: Well this is another attempt.  For a leaflet we have fixed

Excellent effort so far.

[snip]

: I've included the EFA's WWW address as a source of further
: information.  This may infer that the leaflet is endorsed

Great. Endorsement by organisations such as these help.

[snip]

: I've borrowed some of Peter Merel's points for this.  I
: don't claim to be the "author" of the leaflet, as far as I
: am concerned it should be a team effort.

Keep at it, coach!

[snip]

: This material must be stopped by the government!

Here is where we need to think about how election campaigns are run. This
is the right place for a character attack on Bob Carr. This will work with a
great many more people than with a rational argument (although it is important
to be seen trying to peddle one).

"
Bob Carr does not understand the Internet. He has never used it, and his
departments which seek to censor it do not have access to the Internet to
study it. He knows it is beyond his mandate to control information in other
media, such as Television and Radio. But the Internet is different, and if
he acts now, he can make sure it only ever contains what he wants it to.
Bob Carr is a megalomaniac at work. He is not interested in the safety of
childrens' innocence, only in controlling information to meet his needs.

DON'T LET BOB CARR REMOVE YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH! You will never be 
represented in the communication medium of the future if you do.
"
[snip]

: Will these laws limit our freedom of speech?
: 
: Yes.  It may become illegal for adults to talk on the internet
: about topics which are perfectly legal in books or on television.

See above.

[snip]

: What other effects will the laws have?

"
They will prevent you from speaking freely in our society. They will make
all conversations and information you wish to transfer via the internet
subject to government scrutiny. You could even have your voting preferences
monitored and be jailed for them in the future. They could undermine democracy
itself.
"

[snip]

: PROTECT YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH -
: OPPOSE INTERNET CENSORSHIP

Freedom of speech is the hobby horse to ride here; it transcends the 
technology aspects of it and makes it like banning a book or an author -
and that always makes the public nervous.

[snip]

: ---
: Standard disclaimers

Keep at it, we'll nail the little slime bucket yet.

(And I'm saying this about Bob Carr while I _can_ !)
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